"healful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more healful [comparative], most healful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English heeleful, heleful, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -ful. Compare healless. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heeleful}} Middle English heeleful, {{m|enm|heleful}} heleful, {{suffix|en|heal|ful|pos=adjective|t1=health, well-being}} heal (“health, well-being”) + -ful, {{l|en|healless}} healless Head templates: {{en-adj}} healful (comparative more healful, superlative most healful)
  1. Tending or serving to heal; health-promoting; healing.
    Sense id: en-healful-en-adj-AzSBRlRr
  2. Full of health or safety; healthy; whole; sound; safe.
    Sense id: en-healful-en-adj-~aN5NcqT Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 29 40 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 52 25
  3. Affording health or salvation.
    Sense id: en-healful-en-adj-MD38QI2m

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